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    Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    DebblesRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Am I in the twilight zone, or did Lil'mama just say the EXACT SAME THING that many of us have been saying throughout this whole thread?? No-one has said they do not respect LPNs or we did not need...
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    Why can't I do everything a RN does as a LPN? We should be equal.

    DebblesRN replied to SweetPoo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Saying an LPN should make as much money as an RN is like saying an RN should make as much money as a NP. Doesn't make any sense. There are different skill sets and education for all involved. It...
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    Baby Friendly- getting a tad over the top

    DebblesRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is not the necessarily the RN's misinterpretation, in most cases, it's management's. They make the rules in each facility based on their interpretation of the baby friendly initiative. You should...
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    Male Nurses

    DebblesRN replied to OUxPhys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would encourage you to apply. I do not work with any male nurses at this time, but have in the past and they did just fine. I will also say--I had a hysterectomy a few years back and had a male...
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    Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

    DebblesRN replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was never in trouble in clinicals for something a fellow classmate did wrong. My grade and record reflected my own actions and no-one elses. When a mistake was made, and they were rare, the...
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    Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

    DebblesRN replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Bottom line, the Instructor handles med errors, or any other error that occurs during clinicals. Not you. You seem to be pointing fingers, and at the same time forgetting YOU are ALSO a student....
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    Checking A Patient's Blood Glucose In His Earlobe?

    DebblesRN replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    She wasn't referring to you. Two other posters on page one mentioned sticking toes for blood glucose
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    Question? PA vs NP to work with healthy newborns in OB?

    DebblesRN replied to siroisco's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think some of it depends on where you live. I'm in Florida, and they do not hire PAs to work with babies in the nursery, sick or well. We have a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner who sees sick and well...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good question. I was also not sure it was a PAC since the P waves are absent and the T wave is mostly normal looking. That's why I was suggesting in a previous post that it could also be a...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    In the 1st beat, the PRI is about .14 secs. kinda hard to measure on a computer screen. :) if you measure the PRI in the heartbeats that are not early, they are all about the same, .14 secs. You...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    The R to R is irregular ONLY because of the early beats. if you look at the strip where there are no early beats, the rhythm is regular. sinus arrhythmia is a slight variance in rhythm where P, QRS,...
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    2 EKG strip questions

    DebblesRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many other posters here, strip #1 looks like SR with either PACs or PJCs. Since the rate is about 80, I would lean more towards PACs, but I agree maybe with a 12 lead or switching lead...
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    Want to be a CNA & was arrested as a minor.

    DebblesRN replied to cstaleyy's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I always thought that things you did as a juvenile were sealed. I would think that if you had committed a crime at 16, it should be gone from your record/not searchable. I would contact an attorney...
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    Praying in the work place

    DebblesRN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not sure why this is such an issue for people (the praying thing), but if it is, maybe you should bring it up with your manager instead of brooding over it and being uncomfortable. You do not...
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    Peer Evaluations- Venting

    DebblesRN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We do peer evals where I work. They are supposed to affect your merit raise, but I can't say they have because since they started doing them, no-one housewide has gotten a merit raise. LOL Bad...
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    No co-pay epi pens

    DebblesRN replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    Oh thanks!! My son has a severe fireant allergy and our pens will expire at the end of the year, so we will be able to use this.
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    Seriously?!?!

    DebblesRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    he he--yeah--if you have jiffy store feet--you need a shower. With soap.
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    Seriously?!?!

    DebblesRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    I think my favorite was the girl who came by ambulance (no lie) because she was 18 weeks pregnant and her breasts were leaking. The best part was that she had an entourage FOLLOW the ambulance to the...
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    Witnessed unsterile procedure and feeling terrible about it

    DebblesRN replied to cblake4293's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother is in LTC and had to have a straight cath done. It was done clean instead of sterile (per documentation) and that sample grew nothing. 4 days later after the straight cath, she...
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    Does your state require mental health reporting?

    DebblesRN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Florida = yes to both. Here is what I found on the application for endorsement. *In the last five years, have you been enrolled in, required to enter into, or participated in any drug or alcohol...
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    Free Perinatal CEUs

    DebblesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    RN.com is pretty cheap and has a lot of maternal child health CBLs. You can pay per course, or get an unlimited membership for like 30 bucks for one
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    Allergic to the delivery room?

    DebblesRN replied to itsnowornever's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe you are allergic to the betadine (iodine allergy) since even smelling it makes you start to sneeze and sniffle, or it could be the latex gloves. A nurse where I work also had trouble with the...
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    What's the craziest thing a patient or family member has said to you?

    DebblesRN replied to monkeybug's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a dad tell me recently that his wife was making so much milk because he had "primed the pump" (and yes, that is how he described it) by sucking her boobs the whole pregnancy. It confused me...
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    Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    DebblesRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Well goodness, is it the full moon yet where you live, because your attitude is STELLAR!! ? Get a sense of humor. We are only half serious. My comment wasn't meant to rile anyone up or get...
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    Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    DebblesRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, it hasn't been the amount of patients that was the problem during the full moon, or the degree of sickness. It was the TYPE of patients that came in during the full moon. I always...